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Having served as a North Carolina-area law enforcement officer for 10 long years, Kelly Strowd was, in her words, “downright burned out.” Working currently as a detective and, before that, as a patrol officer, Kelly earns her living in a world where the negative side of modern-day life is on full display. While having an opportunity to “protect and serve” has been satisfying, the disheartening side of Kelly’s professional life often outweighs the good. 

After one too many long and difficult days on the “beat,” Kelly did some deep soul searching and decided she needed to compliment her “day job” with an endeavor that would bring her personal joy and fulfillment…and some extra income to boot. With that epiphany and a bit of research on business opportunities, in late 2006 Kelly opened her own franchise with FETCH! Pet Care — the nation’s largest provider of professional pet sitting and dog walking services. 

Kelly still works as a police detective, but she also now operates her successful home-based pet care business in her free time.

While moonlighting can be exhausting on some days, having the opportunity to parlay her passion for pets into a successful business has been extremely gratifying for her, and has actually increased her overall career contentment as well as reduced her overall stress level — even as she carries out her detective duties.

While some women change career paths on a "leap of faith," others, like Kelly, choose to test the waters and do "double duty" before jumping ship into business ownership. Her pet sitting business now boasts a staff of 17 pet sitters who service a rapidly growing base of satisfied pet owners with boarding and daycare, overnight sitting, daily visits in clients’ homes, private and group dog outings, pet taxiing, etc. 

Kelly’s moonlighting has allowed her to essentially “play with animals for a living” – a decision that is paying off in spades. This resourceful gal is revolutionizing the pet care services industry. For more information, visit www.FetchPetCare.com or call 1-866-FETCH-ME.